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Latest archived mark · 2013
Triumph Motorcycles
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | BSA | Triumph Motorcycles |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1861 | 1983 |
| Founder | Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association gunsmiths | John Bloor |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom | Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK |
| Name origin | BSA stands for Birmingham Small Arms. The company was formed in June 1861 by fourteen members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association to make guns by machinery. | Siegfried Bettmann's company was known as S. Bettmann and Co. until 1886, when he sought a more specific name and it became the Triumph Cycle Company. The word itself means a victory or great success. The sources used here do not record why Bettmann chose it. |
| Highlights | Gold Star, Bantam, Lightning, Rocket 3 | Speed Twin, Tiger 100, Bonneville, Trident 900, Daytona 675 |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 2021 | 2005 |
| Latest archived logo | 2021 | 2013 |
| Archived logo assets | 2 | 2 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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